72 Christmas Would You Rather Questions for Kids

Would you rather be one of Santa's elves or one of his reindeer?

Then ask: What would your job be, and what would be the hard part of it?

Would you rather help Santa load the sleigh or help him read the letters?

Then ask: What would you notice about what kids ask for?

Would you rather live at the North Pole all year or visit only in December?

Then ask: What would it be like there in July?

Would you rather be the reindeer at the front of the sleigh or the one at the back?

Then ask: What does the one at the back do that nobody sees?

Would you rather know how Santa gets down the chimney or how he reaches every house in one night?

Then ask: If you knew, would you tell anyone?

Would you rather be in charge of the nice list or in charge of the wrapping room?

Then ask: How would you decide who goes on the list, and is that fair?

Would you rather meet Santa for five minutes or get a long letter from him?

Then ask: What would you ask that only he could answer?

Would you rather test every toy in the workshop or taste every cookie in the North Pole kitchen?

Then ask: What would you do when you found one that wasn't good?

Would you rather steer the sleigh through a snowstorm or deliver to a town with no chimneys?

Then ask: How would you solve it?

Would you rather wear an elf hat that jingles all December or a red nose that glows?

Then ask: When would it be a problem, and when would it come in handy?

Would you rather skip your own gifts for a year to be Santa's helper or keep things as they are?

Then ask: What would you get out of it in place of the gifts?

Would you rather get one big present or ten small ones?

Then ask: Which would you still care about by spring?

Would you rather open one present on Christmas Eve or wait and open them all in the morning?

Then ask: Is the waiting part of the fun or just hard?

Would you rather get exactly what you asked for or a surprise you never thought of?

Then ask: What is the best surprise gift you have ever had?

Would you rather make every gift you give by hand or pick each one out at a store?

Then ask: Which one tells the person more about what you think of them?

Would you rather wrap every present in the house or write every card?

Then ask: Which job would people notice if you skipped it?

Would you rather get a big gift you have to share or a smaller one that is all yours?

Then ask: What makes sharing something harder than it sounds?

Would you rather know what is in every wrapped box or not be able to guess a single one?

Then ask: What would you lose by knowing?

Would you rather get something to play with or something to build?

Then ask: Which one lasts longer, the thing or what you learned making it?

Would you rather give a gift nobody knows is from you or a gift everyone sees you give?

Then ask: Does giving feel different when you get no thanks for it?

Would you rather get a gift you don't like from someone you love or no gift from them at all?

Then ask: What would you say to them, and would it be true?

Would you rather give one of your own toys to a kid who doesn't have many or help pick out a new toy for them?

Then ask: Which one costs you more, and does that matter?

Would you rather eat only gingerbread or only candy canes all December?

Then ask: What would you be dreaming of by the second week?

Would you rather have hot chocolate that never runs out or a cookie jar that refills once a day?

Then ask: Who would you invite over, and how often?

Would you rather build a gingerbread house you can't eat or eat one you didn't get to build?

Then ask: Which part is the point, the making or the eating?

Would you rather cook Christmas dinner for everyone or clean up after it?

Then ask: Which job would get you more thanks, and is that fair?

Would you rather try a holiday dish from another country or have the same dinner your family has every year?

Then ask: What makes a food feel like a holiday?

Would you rather leave Santa cookies and milk or something nobody else leaves him?

Then ask: What would you leave, and what would you write in the note?

Would you rather have one candy cane as tall as you or a hundred tiny ones?

Then ask: What would you do with what you couldn't finish?

Would you rather eat Christmas dinner at a table of thirty people or with just the people you live with?

Then ask: Who would you want to sit beside, and what would you ask them?

Would you rather be the official cookie taster or the official recipe inventor?

Then ask: What would you invent, and who would have to try it first?

Would you rather have pie for breakfast on Christmas morning or pancakes shaped like snowmen?

Then ask: What is one food rule that should be different on a holiday?

Would you rather have a Christmas dinner where everyone brings one dish or one where you choose the whole menu?

Then ask: How would you make sure every person had something they like?

Would you rather have a real tree that smells like a forest or an artificial tree in any color you like?

Then ask: What would your family say, and how would you talk them into it?

Would you rather keep the decorations up all year or only for one week?

Then ask: Would they still feel special in June?

Would you rather put the star on top of the tree or switch the lights on for the first time?

Then ask: What makes one moment feel like the start of the holiday?

Would you rather start a brand-new family tradition or bring back one from when your parents were kids?

Then ask: What would it be, and who would you have to convince?

Would you rather sing carols for the neighbors or have carolers come sing to you?

Then ask: What would it take for you to sing in front of people?

Would you rather make every ornament yourself or get one new ornament each year for life?

Then ask: Which tree would tell more of a story?

Would you rather wear a holiday sweater every day of December or pajamas all Christmas Day?

Then ask: When does something fun start to feel like a chore?

Would you rather watch the same holiday movie every year or a different one each time?

Then ask: What do you get from seeing something again that you don't get the first time?

Would you rather have the most lights on the street or the coziest house on the inside?

Then ask: Who are decorations for, the people inside or the people walking past?

Would you rather count down December with a treat each day or with one small job for someone else each day?

Then ask: Which one would you remember in January?

Would you rather send cards to twenty people or call five people on the phone?

Then ask: Who would be on your list, and what would you tell them?

Would you rather be the first one awake on Christmas morning or the last?

Then ask: What do you see when you are the only one up?

Would you rather hear sleigh bells on the roof or find boot prints by the fireplace?

Then ask: What would you do next, and who would you tell first?

Would you rather open presents one person at a time or everyone all at once?

Then ask: What do you notice when you watch someone else open theirs?

Would you rather spend Christmas morning at home or at a relative's house full of cousins?

Then ask: What would you miss about the other one?

Would you rather have snow on Christmas morning or a sunny day at the beach?

Then ask: Does it still feel like Christmas without the weather you are used to?

Would you rather read a story together on Christmas Eve or go for a walk to look at the lights?

Then ask: What makes a night feel different from all the other nights?

Would you rather have Christmas last two days or come twice a year?

Then ask: Would it be worth as much if there were more of it?

Would you rather peek at one gift early and have to pretend or wait and be truly surprised?

Then ask: How hard would the pretending be, and would anyone guess?

Would you rather spend Christmas afternoon with your new things or visiting someone who is alone?

Then ask: How would each one feel by bedtime?

Would you rather wake everyone up yourself or wait until someone comes to get you?

Then ask: How do you decide when it is okay to wake people?

Would you rather remember every Christmas morning you have had or see one from when a grandparent was your age?

Then ask: What would you look for first?

Would you rather spend winter break at your grandparents' house or have them come stay at yours?

Then ask: What would you want to show them or do together?

Would you rather sleep in every day of the break or get up early once for a special breakfast?

Then ask: Which one would you remember next year?

Would you rather put on a holiday show for your family or watch your cousins put on theirs?

Then ask: What would your act be?

Would you rather say thank you for a gift with a drawing or with a song?

Then ask: What makes a thank-you feel real to the person getting it?

Would you rather find out how your family celebrated the holidays long ago or how a family across the world celebrates now?

Then ask: Who could you ask about it this December?

Would you rather go to a holiday light show or a holiday concert?

Then ask: What part would you want to see up close?

Would you rather play one long board game with the whole family or take turns teaching each other new games?

Then ask: What game would you teach, and what is the trick to it?

Would you rather give away toys you've outgrown before the holidays or help at a food drive?

Then ask: Why do you think people help more in December than in July?

Would you rather go back to school the day after New Year's or get one extra week of summer break?

Then ask: Which one would you miss more if you lost it?

Would you rather have every day of December feel like a holiday or save it all for one big day?

Then ask: Does a special day need ordinary days around it?

Would you rather keep winter break exactly like last year's or change one thing about it?

Then ask: What would you change, and who would you need to ask?